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It’s Over. Nintendo Went Through With the Worst Shutdown of a Digital Storefront Ever.

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Brian

I wrote this today, because I’m still upset about this and aren’t over it.  This article has three parts.  First is the longer, about Nintendo’s recent shutdown of digital purchasing on the 3DS and Wii U.  Second is a shorter … Continue reading →

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Me and Lego Castle, Part I: A History, Analysis, and Sets List

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Brian

This is an article about Legos, the toys. I’ve gotten a bit back into them recently. Don’t expect articles like this to be a regular replacement for videogame articles, this is just going to be an occasional thing, but it’s … Continue reading →

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Console Opinion Summaries, Part 2: The Third Generation – Atari 5200 and 7800, NES, Master System, and Colecovision

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Brian

That’s right, it’s not a mirage, it’s an actual update to my ‘Console Opinion Summaries’ list!  This took way too long, so for future entries I probably should cut back on the history portions that are done much more completely … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars Memories and Screenshots, Part 13: April 2007 – November 2008

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Brian

In early 2007, I got a new computer.  While my old one was a 1.5Ghz Pentium 4 with 384MB of RAM, a 32MB GeForce2 GTS graphics card, and Windows Millenium (which I still love! But anyway.), the new one was … Continue reading →

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My Thoughts on E3 2019 – Well, Nintendo Had a Good Show!

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Brian

So, E3 was six weeks ago, and I’m finally getting around to posting something about what I thought. This will be a bit article than the ones I wrote for the last few years, but I do have some things … Continue reading →

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Major Console Save Types List Update

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Brian

I spent quite a while today working on some updates to one of my more important works on this site and elsewhere, my Console Save Types list article that you can find here: https://blackfalcongames.net/?p=147 Here is a copy of the … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars Memories and Screenshots, Part 12: Late October 2006 – February 2007

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Brian

In late October 2006, Arena.net started up the second annual Halloween event.  This builds on 2005’s event, but with some new stuff added to give players more to do.  At the same time, Guild Wars Nightfall released.  Yes, Nightfall released … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars Memories and Screenshots, Part 11: May – October 2006

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Brian

This will be a long one. In this 73-screenshot article, I will cover five things: the first Dragon Festival in late June to early July and more of release Factions; the first, PvP-only Nightfall beta in late July; the period … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars Memories and Screenshots, Part 9: November 2005 – February 2006

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Brian

This time, I’m kind of combining two posts into one by covering two things. I chose to do it this way because both sets end in January 2006, so this way it keeps the dating simpler, and also because under … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars Memories and Screenshots, Part 8: September – early November 2005

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Brian

In this update, 59 screenshots of Guild Wars, taken between the release of Sorrow’s Furnace in early September, and the Halloween event of late October and early November. I took a bunch of pictures of the Halloween event, and that … Continue reading →

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